Shaping Canada’s next decade — are you in? 🚀
Shorter days (and hockey season) may be in sight, but 2025 is far from over. Canadian change-makers, innovators, and builders are gearing up:
🇨🇦 Gathering from coast to coast
🇨🇦 Driving action → focused on the long game
🇨🇦 Fuelling momentum through collaboration + bold ideas
Whether you’re into tech, business, cities, or housing — take a seat, join the conversation, and help shape the next chapter. 🍁
From AI summits to housing forums, here are 20+ Canadian innovation events worth your attention in 2025:
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Innovation & Tech 🍁🚀
Proptech Collective Social — Aug. 19, Vancouver
Proptech Collective brings together founders, innovators, real estate professionals, and community leaders to explore how technology can address real challenges in the built world. This casual summer social prioritizes genuine connections over panels — a rare chance to plug into Canada’s growing proptech ecosystem.
Details →British Columbia Founders Day — Aug. 21, Vancouver
A grassroots celebration of BC’s startup community. Expect founders, funders, and tech builders swapping lessons and forging new collaborations. If you want to understand the energy fuelling Western Canada’s innovation scene, this is the room to be in.
Details →Everything Electric — Sept. 5–7, Vancouver
From EVs to home energy, this global showcase spotlights the electrification movement. It’s part education/panels, part consumer expo, part innovation fair — a front-row view of the technologies defining Canada’s clean energy transition.
Details →Future Festival World Summit — Sept. 23–25, Toronto
Trend Hunter’s flagship event brings together futurists, marketers, and innovation teams to decode what’s next in culture and technology. High-energy keynotes and data-driven insights designed to spark bold, practical ideas.
Details →All In — Sept. 24–25, Montreal
Canada’s flagship AI conference. Researchers, founders, and policymakers gather to discuss breakthroughs, risks, and real-world applications. With AI shaping industries from health to housing, All In puts Canada on the global stage.
Details →Vancouver AI Summit — Oct. 19–20, Vancouver
AI founders, researchers, and business leaders meet to discuss real-world AI adoption. Designed to bridge cutting-edge research with practical applications for companies and communities.
Details →Frontier Summit — Oct. 21–23, Vancouver (invite-only, apply to attend)
Curated by the Frontier Collective, an immersive gathering where frontier tech meets candid conversation and creative experience. It's more than a summit — it’s about human connection in unexpected places, cultivating deep innovation.
Details →Source Canada — Oct. 22, Toronto
A one-day summit connecting scale-ups with Canada’s procurement leaders. Designed to open doors for Canadian companies navigating how to grow with government and enterprise buyers.
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Real Estate, Housing & Cities 🍁🏙
Woodrise 2025 — Sept. 22–25, Vancouver
An international forum on tall wood and low-carbon construction. Woodrise attracts architects, builders, policymakers, and researchers who are reshaping sustainable cities. A rare chance to learn how housing and climate innovation intersect.
Details →International MLS Forum — Sept. 25–26, Toronto
A global gathering of real estate leaders, data experts, and proptech players. The forum focuses on global data standards and real estate innovation — to promote the health of entire real estate ecosystems for the benefit of all.
Details →2025 Livable Cities Forum — Oct. 6–8, Halifax
A national hub for city-builders and policymakers tackling climate resilience. Expect practical sessions on housing, transit, and adaptation strategies shaping innovative, inclusive, livable cities.
Details →CTBUH 2025 International Conference — Oct. 6–9, Toronto
Hosted by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, this global event explores skyscraper design, density, and sustainable city growth. For anyone interested in the future of urban housing and infrastructure.
Details →PacificWest Conference — Oct. 21–22, Vancouver
Western Canada’s leading real estate conference, bringing together industry, thought leaders, and strategists to understand the forces shaping business practices, housing policy, and high impact innovation across the sector.
Details →State of Canada’s Cities Summit — Dec. 3–4, Ottawa
Leaders from across the country gather to assess the health of Canadian cities — from housing affordability to innovation ecosystems. This summit connects policymakers, researchers, and civic innovators committed to reshaping urban futures.
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Leadership & Business Growth 🍁💡
Imagine Canada Leadership Roundtable — Oct. 8–9, Ottawa
A cross-sector leadership forum designed for nonprofits and social impact innovators. Expect candid discussions on governance, strategy, and the future of mission-driven leadership in Canada.
Details →Toronto Global Forum — Oct. 15–17, Toronto
An international economic conference where policymakers, business leaders, and academics debate big-picture transformations. This is where global perspectives meet Canadian leadership.
Details →Business Transitions Forum (Winnipeg) — Oct. 16, Winnipeg
Canada’s leading event on business succession. Entrepreneurs, advisors, and investors share real-world lessons on how to sell, transition, or scale companies for the next generation.
Details →Small Business Summit — Oct. 24, Toronto (FREE to low-cost entry)
For entrepreneurs and SME owners, this summit covers everything from digital adoption to AI for small business.
Details →Business Transitions Forum (Vancouver) — Oct. 27–28, Vancouver
Canada’s leading event on business succession. Entrepreneurs, advisors, and investors share real-world lessons on how to sell, transition, or scale companies for the next generation.
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Marketing & Digital Strategy 🍁📢
SocialEast — Sept. 25–26, Toronto
Focused on digital marketing, content, and community building. SocialEast brings together practitioners and strategists working at the front lines of digital marketing and brand growth.
Details →SocialPacific — Oct. 30, Vancouver
The West Coast edition of SocialWest (and SocialEast), this event is designed for digital marketers and entrepreneurs looking to sharpen skills, network, and spot emerging trends.
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